Mick Potter, the Bradford Bulls coach, says he is surprised that the administator has not sold any of his players. Photograph: Dave Howarth/PA

The Rugby Football League say there is no reason why Bradford Bulls should not finish the Super League season, even if the administrator fails to find a buyer before Tuesday's deadline.

The administrator, Brendan Guilfoyle, who made 16 full-time staff redundant earlier this week, says he has around £20,000 to run the club and will be unable to meet the players' wage bill of around £200,000 when it is due next Friday.

But the RFL chief executive, Nigel Wood, and the director of licensing and standards, Blake Solly, told a media briefing in Brighouse that the administrator will have access to three potential sources of funding that can buy him more time.

"One of them is through monies that he makes through putting on the matches," Solly said. "He may also consider player sales and thirdly he's got the Sky distribution.

"Between those three sources of revenue, we believe he has enough to finish the season. We're really confident the players will get paid next week."

Bradford's home game against London Broncos on Sunday, which theoretically could be their last, has been given the go-ahead after volunteers agreed to staff key posts. The interim chief executive, Gary Tasker, is hoping for a 15,000-plus crowd to boost the club's coffers.

Solly confirmed clubs are due their next instalment of television income within the next 10 days and Wood suggested the governing body would be prepared to advance Bradford their share.

"There is every optimism that we have the resources to make sure the club can fulfil its obligations this season," Wood said. The briefing followed a meeting of the other 12 English Super League clubs in Bradford to discuss the crisis at the Bulls.

"There was a full and frank discussion," Wood said. "There was a unanimous position taken about making the sure the game supported the club as much as possible."

By going into administration, Bradford effectively forfeited their membership of Super League. Any decision to readmit them is one for the RFL board in consultation with the clubs, who have the power to decide on the number of teams in the top flight.

Wood also confirmed that a decision on a sporting sanction would be made by the RFL board in the next seven days, with the club facing an automatic deduction of up to six competition points for breaching insolvency regulations.

Solly revealed there are at least four potential buyers and that the RFL have fielded calls from two consortiums involving new people who are interested in taking over the ailing club.

"It's only very early stages," he said. "They've asked us for information that anyone purchasing a business would want as far as due diligence is concerned.

"In terms of whether they would be able to buy the club or are the right people we don't know yet because they haven't come back to us with a business plan. We've had two consortiums contact us direct and we understand the administrator has had more than one as well."

The head coach, Mick Potter, who has returned to work unpaid to prepare the team for Sunday's game, has expressed his surprise that the administrator has not sold any of his players.

Wakefield were the last club to go into administration and three of their players were sold to rival Super League clubs before their new owner could complete the purchase.

"I'm very surprised that no one's been sold," he said. "I thought that was going to be the process straight away."